Review my Gardening Site

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    river, Jan 7, 2009 IP
  2. RPSlacky

    RPSlacky Peon

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    Wow - first impressions were very good!

    The site looks neat, crisp (and associated buzzwords) - but generally very smart looking! The colours and logo work well too.

    Is all your content unique (by yourself)?

    I see you are using some affiliate network for your "Flower Shop" and "Flowers & Gifts" sections... I think you should pad them out a bit more. By this I mean, for both things use;

    1) Pictures
    2) Description (written by you, taken from the affiliate site etc..)
    3) Prices

    If you include as much description as the real affiliate site does then people are going to be more interested, rather than clicking on a link that just says the Flower name for example. I appreciate this takes a lot of time, but it will certainly help the click-through rates!

    Also, since you say you want it as a good resource for Gardeners - have you thought about putting in a Forum/Message Board? Always good to keep people coming back and let people discuss things themselves!

    Hope that helps,

    Rich
     
    RPSlacky, Jan 7, 2009 IP
  3. zorah

    zorah Well-Known Member

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    Very nice and clean design. I like the header especially. Keep up the good work!
     
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  4. river

    river Active Member

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    Thanks for the reviews.

    Is all your content unique (by yourself)? Yes, I try to write about one post every week or so.

    have you thought about putting in a Forum/Message Board? I may do that
     
    river, Jan 7, 2009 IP
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    nice and clean design but you need a favicon.
     
    carminx, Jan 7, 2009 IP
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    nice website...but it will require substantial efforts from your side to keep it moving
     
    shailendra, Jan 7, 2009 IP
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    The site is nicely designed the template, the ad placement, and the layout is excellent.
     
    kingofsanda, Jan 7, 2009 IP
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    Yes..a very nice looking site but i think you need to promote it better, it has only 235 search results on google.
     
    webnard, Jan 7, 2009 IP
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    That's a very very nice looking blog. What theme are you using? I remember commenting on your logo design and I mentioned I would have to see it in action to really be able to tell you. Well, it looks fantastic! Awesome blog. I give it a 9/10 design. Good luck with it! :)
     
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    Provides relevant information.
    The visitor gets good vision of various themes.
    It is a value website.
     
    SimonCuts, Feb 9, 2009 IP
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    Nice original and fresh overall feel to the site. The only thing I would change is the hovver colour - make it more obvious, green or something. But that's not a critisism.
     
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    First post I came across that I can say honestly, excellent job and you did your homework!

    I would add a strip of googel adsense code just below the header and make sure it shows up at the foot of your individual postings when you click on them to raise your revenue.
     
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    Silver89 Notable Member

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    Try changing the dark background to a dark green, might make it feel a little bit more "gardeny" :)
     
    Silver89, Feb 9, 2009 IP